the African representatives of this group, especially the families Maizaniidae and Cyclophoridae. This study resulted in the description of three new subgenera and ten new species (thereby doubling the number of African taxa known), and a series of papers with careful descriptions, keys and biogeographic analyses of the ‘prosobranch’ fauna in Africa and beyond. Taxa described New taxa described by Dolf van Bruggen include (with type locality listed): Gastropods Streptaxidae Gulella adami van Bruggen, 1994 - Ivory Coast [Côte d'Ivoire]. Gulella albinus van Bruggen & Van Goethem, 1999 - D.R. Congo. Gulella gwendolinae aldabrae van Bruggen, 1975 - Aldabra Is. [Seychelles]. Ptychotrema altiplani van Bruggen, 1989 - Malawi. Gulella appletoni van Bruggen, 1975 - South Africa. Gulella aranearum van Bruggen, 1986 - Malawi. Gulella augur van Bruggen, 1988 - Tanzania. Austromarconia van Bruggen & de Winter, 2003 - type species Ennea hamiltoni Smith, 1897. Gulella barnardi van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa. Gulella bernardi van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1997 - nom. nov. for Gulella sexdentata Taylor, 1880, non Gulella sexdentata (von Martens, 1869). Gulella darglensis benthodon van Bruggen, 1980 - South Africa. Gulella browni van Bruggen, 1969 - South Africa. Careoradula Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999 - type species Streptaxis (Imperurbatia) perelegans Martens, 1898. Ptychotrema cazombense van Bruggen, 1989 - Angola. Gulella ceciliae van Bruggen, 1971 - Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. Ptychotrema collegarum van Bruggen, 1989 - Malawi. Gulella collicola van Bruggen, 1966 - Swaziland. Diaphera connectens van Bruggen, 1974 - Philippines. Gulella peakei continentalis van Bruggen, 1975 - South Africa. Ptychotrema cossyphae van Bruggen, 1989 - Uganda. Gulella cupula van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999 - D.R. Congo. Gulella gouldi discriminanda van Bruggen, 1969 - South Africa. Gulella ectodentata van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999 - D.R. Congo. Gulella garambae van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999 - D.R. Congo. Ptychotrema glabellum van Bruggen, 1989 - Angola. Gulella guilielmi van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1998 - D.R. Congo. Gulella herberti van Bruggen, 2004 - Swaziland. Gulella hildae van Bruggen, 2001 - Malawi. Streptostele inconspicua van Bruggen, 1964 - Mozambique. Gulella incurvidens van Bruggen, 1972 - South Africa. Gulella inobstructa van Bruggen, 1965 - South Africa. Gulella insulincola van Bruggen, 1975 - Aldabra Is. [Seychelles]. Ptychotrema interstriatum van Bruggen 1989 - Angola. Gulella johannae van Bruggen, 2006 - South Africa. Gulella crassidens jonesi van Bruggen, 1969 - South Africa. Haploptychius juttingae van Bruggen, 1972 - Indonesia. Ptychotrema kalemiense Adam, van Bruggen &